Wayne LaPierre appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.
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The head of the National Rifle Association said on Sunday "there weren't enough good guys with guns" to confrontthe gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington navy yard on Monday. Wayne LaPierre, theNRA's executive vice president, called for more armed guards and better security at military bases.
LaPierre's comments, in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, echoed his response nine months ago to the Newtown school shooting, in which Adam Lanza killed 20 young children and six adults. Following Newtown, LaPierre's response was to call for an armed guard in every school, saying: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." On Sunday, LaPierre criticised what he said was a flawed security system that meant the navy yard had been "largely left unprotected". He also called for active duty personnel on military bases to be armed. "There weren't enough good guys with guns," he said. "When the good guys with guns got there it stopped." Old Wayne is conveniently overlooking the fact that Aaron Alexis WAS a good guy with as gun just like Loughner and Holmes and Lanza and almost all the mass shooters. The last thing we need is more good guys with guns. In each of these cases we needed just one fewer. What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.